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when jimmy carter could not rescue american hostages in iran, that was what cost and the presidency. president reagan tried to negotiate terrorist -- with terrorists. the hostage trading for arms. he said he did not do it, but in effect, that's what it looked like. this is very dangerous territory politically. one thing there really starting is the necessity of saying we will trade those two hostages. a man who probably is the most defies -- despised terrorist planner. lou: but also, a trade that has never been specifically rule the but as a ministration. they have not said categorically that it would not occur. >> i thought that was interesting. the statement today from the state department press spokesman , we don't negotiate with terrorists. no one has the following question, can you assure us that we will never trade for any kind of hostage ituation? that has not been ruled out. i sure hope that in the confirmation hearings we have next week, the next two weeks with a new cabinet officers, that question will be asked. lou: and troubling statement by the secretary of state today,
when jimmy carter could not rescue american hostages in iran, that was what cost and the presidency. president reagan tried to negotiate terrorist -- with terrorists. the hostage trading for arms. he said he did not do it, but in effect, that's what it looked like. this is very dangerous territory politically. one thing there really starting is the necessity of saying we will trade those two hostages. a man who probably is the most defies -- despised terrorist planner. lou: but also, a trade...
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here to give us his take is jimmy carter's national security adviser. what should president obama do with syria as it continues its slow-motion drift into chaos? >> i don't know. and i'm not being evasive. i literally don't know. we have to have better intelligence. who's really fighting assad? who started the fight? how is it financed? where did the initial weaponry for the beginning of that struggle a year ago or so originate? there doesn't seem to be any clarity on it. secondly, what are the objectives of those who are really doing the fighting? for example, the suicide bombing in damascus, is that the work of the so-called more democratic groups that we would like to see in charge? doesn't that smack of certain forms of extremist terror that's associated with extreme groups? >> would you intervene militarily? >> well, i would intervene militarily if i knew that something has to be desperately prevented or if i knew that the effort would not produce a regional war and would produce a desirable political outcome, and at this stage, i don't see much ev
here to give us his take is jimmy carter's national security adviser. what should president obama do with syria as it continues its slow-motion drift into chaos? >> i don't know. and i'm not being evasive. i literally don't know. we have to have better intelligence. who's really fighting assad? who started the fight? how is it financed? where did the initial weaponry for the beginning of that struggle a year ago or so originate? there doesn't seem to be any clarity on it. secondly, what...
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i would say that would be jimmy carter. whatever you think of jimmy carter's politics, the ideology, it wasn't a very successful presidency. and the roots of it sort of evident on the day of the inauguration for two reasons. first, his staff kind of bungled the, you know, showing proper deference to the speaker of the house, tip o'neill, for instance. crucially important guy for getting the carter program through congress. he was miffed because he wasn't treated well with tickets to inaugural festivities and balls and that sort of thing. the leadership of the democratic party in congress, carter won the nomination in an end and around them understanding the new primary rules before they did. he didn't show proper deference -- >> starting off on a bad foot. >> right. second part is, we remember -- this is a good thing. i like how he did this. he got out of the car in the inaugural parade and walked and walked to the crowd and other presidents have done it since then. >> first time. >> first then. it was a nice gesture. but w
i would say that would be jimmy carter. whatever you think of jimmy carter's politics, the ideology, it wasn't a very successful presidency. and the roots of it sort of evident on the day of the inauguration for two reasons. first, his staff kind of bungled the, you know, showing proper deference to the speaker of the house, tip o'neill, for instance. crucially important guy for getting the carter program through congress. he was miffed because he wasn't treated well with tickets to inaugural...
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jimmy carter is senior man here today among former living presidents. a man of remarkable stamina, good health and fitness who has just kept going since he left the white house. say nothing of his wife, rosalyn carter, and early, early and is strong advocate for mental health during her time as first lady. a subject that for all the wrong reasons in our modern history has come right back around to the national conversation and, general powell, this is part of what we were talking about. this is part of the warmth we feel for former leaders of all parties being able to sit on the same stand. >> absolutely. the 57th time this will happen. a remarkable place. there are few countries on the face of the earth who can see this peaceful transition of power over and is over and over again. when and when when foreigners look at us, see us carrying you and fighting with each other and is then they say, somehow that system works. and one thing i'm sure of is that ultimately we ladies and gentlemen in power had better reflect the will of the people. it's the people
jimmy carter is senior man here today among former living presidents. a man of remarkable stamina, good health and fitness who has just kept going since he left the white house. say nothing of his wife, rosalyn carter, and early, early and is strong advocate for mental health during her time as first lady. a subject that for all the wrong reasons in our modern history has come right back around to the national conversation and, general powell, this is part of what we were talking about. this is...
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jimmy carter was the first to do it. i was actually there that day, anderson, in swaddling clothes on jimmy carter's inauguration. we'll see whether the president gets out and whether the first daughters do as well. back to you. >> well, the president's public swearing in took place about two hours ago. you're watching it here of course on cnn. listen to some of it. >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, barack hussein obama do solemnly swear. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> that i will faithfully execute. >> the office of the president of the united states. >> the office of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> preserve, protect and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> and just in case you missed the speech, i want to
jimmy carter was the first to do it. i was actually there that day, anderson, in swaddling clothes on jimmy carter's inauguration. we'll see whether the president gets out and whether the first daughters do as well. back to you. >> well, the president's public swearing in took place about two hours ago. you're watching it here of course on cnn. listen to some of it. >> please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, barack hussein obama do solemnly swear. >> i barack...
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jimmy carter put two of the office televisions on the dish network. good for $650 in programming last year. although these expenditures are consistentbe with current law it's worth pointing out that mr. clinton earned $90 million for speeches since leaving office. and mr. carter has taken in at least $7 million from 14 books he has written. president clinton is called out for statement at consume electronic show. he said half of all mass killings in the united states occurred since the assault weapons ban expired, half of the history of the country. "washington post" fact-checker looked to a recent book that identified the mass public servings defined as more victims killed publicly in 24 hours. since 2005 when the assault ban expired there have been 32. in other words about 20%. finally, president obama spoke out for equal pay for men and women in the workforce but his own white house does not live up to the standard. the administration annual report to congress indicates while women comprise half of the 468 staffers they make 13%be less on average t
jimmy carter put two of the office televisions on the dish network. good for $650 in programming last year. although these expenditures are consistentbe with current law it's worth pointing out that mr. clinton earned $90 million for speeches since leaving office. and mr. carter has taken in at least $7 million from 14 books he has written. president clinton is called out for statement at consume electronic show. he said half of all mass killings in the united states occurred since the assault...
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carter's failed military effort to rescue the iranian hostages in 1980. it would be much safer to launch a drone attack, but also less sure, because we'd never be certain we'd gotten our man. >> i will tell you that there are moments in your presidency, and i think this is true of every president, presidents i admire, presidents i've been critical of, where you really do put politics aside. where you have great clarity about the profound privilege and responsibility of this office. certainly, we thought about the fact that if there was a failure here, it would have disastrous consequences for me politically. we knew the examples of the carter presidency and we understood what happened there. but i tell you, the only thing that i was thinking about throughout this entire enterprise was, i really want to get those guys back home safe. >> there were people who had said, let's not do this. let's wait. let's give it a little more time. so he had made a really tough call, and i think so much, so much hinged on that. >> as the world now knows, the mission was a
carter's failed military effort to rescue the iranian hostages in 1980. it would be much safer to launch a drone attack, but also less sure, because we'd never be certain we'd gotten our man. >> i will tell you that there are moments in your presidency, and i think this is true of every president, presidents i admire, presidents i've been critical of, where you really do put politics aside. where you have great clarity about the profound privilege and responsibility of this office....
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former president jimmy carter. he said these men understand maybe in a way nobody else does, the job longer you are here the more humble you become. it is beyond your pure power to move this country individually. you need people to work with, partners to do it with you and learn that more and more as time goes by. >> the term i wrote down, listening to president obama, humble blood. he's got it in him. a remarkable innate ability to strike the proper tone whenever he speaks. if washington should just take the demeanor in that room, we might get something done in this country. >> yeah. >> it was -- this was fun to watch. this was -- you know? a rare moment in which there are no barbs. there's no angles played out. they're respecting each other's public service and what it's all about. from them being there. >> what's going to happen now is the president will stop to look at some of the statuary that's in statuary hall and then go to the reviewing stand to watch the inaugural parade still ahead of us. one thing to sh
former president jimmy carter. he said these men understand maybe in a way nobody else does, the job longer you are here the more humble you become. it is beyond your pure power to move this country individually. you need people to work with, partners to do it with you and learn that more and more as time goes by. >> the term i wrote down, listening to president obama, humble blood. he's got it in him. a remarkable innate ability to strike the proper tone whenever he speaks. if washington...
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we just saw 88-year-old jimmy carter arriving on the scene. former presidents are almost always in attendance at these events, but today, george herbert walker bush and his son, george w. bush are not in attendance. the elder mr. bush has recently been released from a month-long stay in the hospital due to a respiratory ailment and so both bush families announced that they would not be able to attend because of the poor health of the elder george bush. the president after taking the oath of office will deliver his second inaugural address. following that, kelly clarkson will be singing "my country 'tis of thee." and these are the supreme court justices being led in, led by chief justice of the united states john roberts jr. who delivered the oath in 2009. here is the first lady as she is coming in to the capitol. as we mentioned earlier, she's wearig a dress and a coat by the american designer thom browne. navy blue we are told. there's justice sotomayor. nominated to the supreme court by president obama. she will deliver the oath of office to
we just saw 88-year-old jimmy carter arriving on the scene. former presidents are almost always in attendance at these events, but today, george herbert walker bush and his son, george w. bush are not in attendance. the elder mr. bush has recently been released from a month-long stay in the hospital due to a respiratory ailment and so both bush families announced that they would not be able to attend because of the poor health of the elder george bush. the president after taking the oath of...
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bush, democrats gave the power to jimmy carter and bill clinton, barack obama has exercised this power in ways that has frustrated everybody. republicans didn't want to see federal taxpayer dollars going to these companies. it is lawful. is it constitutional? it is not authorized anywhere. tracy: we have to talk about the keystone pipeline. the governor says you know what, he can traverse my state. judge napolitano: this is very frustrating to the state department and the strong environmentalist that support the president because this is basically saying to the president we have the largest single piece to our state who not only have no objection to it, we want it. we are ready, they're here to collect rents to have this stuff built in their backyard, let's go, mr. president. now he has to find another excuse to block it and this is greater pressure on him to decide the orthodox of the environmentalist unless people in texas and canada exchange a pipeline. tracy: judge andrew napolitano. thank you, sir. ashley: france rich and famous are fleeing the country to avoid paying higher taxes
bush, democrats gave the power to jimmy carter and bill clinton, barack obama has exercised this power in ways that has frustrated everybody. republicans didn't want to see federal taxpayer dollars going to these companies. it is lawful. is it constitutional? it is not authorized anywhere. tracy: we have to talk about the keystone pipeline. the governor says you know what, he can traverse my state. judge napolitano: this is very frustrating to the state department and the strong...
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the other very memorable thing about 1981, the hostages were being released by iran, jimmy carter was there, he had been up all night, trying to arrange that. as they came off the platform after the speeches, sam donaldson, shouted to carter, are they out yet? he said, no. the ayatollah specifically made it so it wasn't until reagan got to the lunch that the host amtion cleared iranian air space. the second reagan inaugural was even colder, 7 degrees. the only time i ever wore a hat hotel vision. they had to hold the inauguration inside. >> in the rotunda. >> does anybody remember the richard nixon with the dead birds along the road? he was so determined not to have any pigeon droppings fall on him in the limousine with the top down, he had "roost no more" sprayed along the parade route. $13,000 this cost the taxpayers and there were dozens of dead birds lining the streets [overlapping dialogue] >> a troubled administration. >> i remember when president bush 41 was inaugurated and kept getting out of the limousine. there was a great assignment where you are on the photographer's truck
the other very memorable thing about 1981, the hostages were being released by iran, jimmy carter was there, he had been up all night, trying to arrange that. as they came off the platform after the speeches, sam donaldson, shouted to carter, are they out yet? he said, no. the ayatollah specifically made it so it wasn't until reagan got to the lunch that the host amtion cleared iranian air space. the second reagan inaugural was even colder, 7 degrees. the only time i ever wore a hat hotel...
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from 1977 jimmy carter and wrap up with george w. bush's speech from 2001. see ten inauguration speeches from ten past presidents. starting at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. requiring congress to act intestified working around the legislative body. speaking at the briefings hosted by the christian science monitor. he said he's hopeful not confident about the perspective for a tax reform. and expressed a willing tons look at the medicare eligibility age in the context of deficit reduction. this is an hour. >> thank you for coming. welcome to our first breakfast of the new year. our guest is sander levin of michigan. this is the first visit with the group. we welcome him. he's a detroit native learned bachelor of degree in chicago. elected michigan state senate. he was assistant administrator to agency for international development. he was elected to the house in 1982. four years after his brother karl elected to the senate. in march 2010, he won the gavel as chairman of the means committee. thus ended biographical portion of the program. now to the thrilling process po
from 1977 jimmy carter and wrap up with george w. bush's speech from 2001. see ten inauguration speeches from ten past presidents. starting at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. requiring congress to act intestified working around the legislative body. speaking at the briefings hosted by the christian science monitor. he said he's hopeful not confident about the perspective for a tax reform. and expressed a willing tons look at the medicare eligibility age in the context of deficit reduction. this is an...
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. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter, and mrs. rosalyn carter. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the 42nd president of the united states, william jefferson clinton, and secretary of state colin powell. [applause] -- secretary of state hillary clinton. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the children of the vice president'. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the daughters of the president, malia obama and sasha obama. [applause] ♪ [cheering] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, dr. jill biden. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the first lady of the united states, mrs. michelle obama. the clerk of the house of representatives. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice-president of the united states, joseph r. biden. senate deputy sergeant at arms, house deputy sergeant at arms, senate majority leader harry reid, and house democratic leader, nancy pelosi. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, brought h. obama -- barack h. obama, the hou
. ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter, and mrs. rosalyn carter. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the 42nd president of the united states, william jefferson clinton, and secretary of state colin powell. [applause] -- secretary of state hillary clinton. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the children of the vice president'. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the daughters of...
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carter writes "now, well it's almost as if he has won re-election and knows he will never have to run again and hears the clock ticking on his last chance to use the power of the presidency on the causes he cares about." dan lothian joins us from the national cathedral where the national prayer service will begin in the next hour so the president's liberal town, i ne thinking it won't smooth things over with republicans. >> reporter: it could present a challenge for the president. some republicans looked at yesterday's remarks as a chance to essentially start over with a clean slate looking forward to the next four years, but there was sort of this criticism pushed back on the president's tone, you heard from senator john mccain saying that, quote, he would have like to have seen some outreach in the president's marks, senator john thune of south dakota calling it "mostly 30,000 foot stuff" he, referring to the president, "wasn't doing the kind of outreach he needs to do if he wants to get things accomplished in the second term" and senator susan collins republican of maine chiming in
carter writes "now, well it's almost as if he has won re-election and knows he will never have to run again and hears the clock ticking on his last chance to use the power of the presidency on the causes he cares about." dan lothian joins us from the national cathedral where the national prayer service will begin in the next hour so the president's liberal town, i ne thinking it won't smooth things over with republicans. >> reporter: it could present a challenge for the...
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now, jimmy carter's been ex-president for 32 years. and what he has done with that, as well. you see the crowds crossing pennsylvania avenue. everyone gathering. the president will be coming to the capitol, starting around 10:40. >> we are told, people are given much clearer directions this year about where they go, when they can cross. that security has asked that apps are guiding everybody. people were stuck in a tunnel four years ago, and couldn't get to their destination. >> 2 million people came to the mall. under 1 million this time around. you see the crowd right there. the president and the first lady are inside the white house right now. earlier this morning, we got the first glimpse of the first lady's fashion and the daughters', as well. we see mrs. obama, just before they went into the church, st. john's episcopal church. >> american designer, thom browne, and j. crew and kate spade for the girls. tim gunn has been watching with us. tim, tell us what you've seen so far. >> good morning, diane. good morning, george. i've seen a thrilling, thrilling morning, i have
now, jimmy carter's been ex-president for 32 years. and what he has done with that, as well. you see the crowds crossing pennsylvania avenue. everyone gathering. the president will be coming to the capitol, starting around 10:40. >> we are told, people are given much clearer directions this year about where they go, when they can cross. that security has asked that apps are guiding everybody. people were stuck in a tunnel four years ago, and couldn't get to their destination. >> 2...
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jimmy carter was actually the first to do that back in 1977. to give you an eye of the scope of the security here, we've got state troopers from around the country, including from the utah highway patrol. they were nice enough to share one of their patches with us. just past them, the alabama state highway patrol. there are officers from across the country here to make sure this goes off without a hitch. estimates, as matt said, somewhere between 500,000 and 700,000 people, that's according to homeland security who looks at things like restaurant, hotel reservations and charter buses to get to that number. that's an awful lot of people around this parade route as president obama makes his way down from the capitol back to the white house later this afternoon. guys? >> willie, you mentioned security. if you're anywhere near the parade route and you've gone through screening stations, you will not be allowed to have any aerosols, ammunition, which is an obvious, animals except for helper dogs, backpacks, bags, bicycles, no structures to hold sign
jimmy carter was actually the first to do that back in 1977. to give you an eye of the scope of the security here, we've got state troopers from around the country, including from the utah highway patrol. they were nice enough to share one of their patches with us. just past them, the alabama state highway patrol. there are officers from across the country here to make sure this goes off without a hitch. estimates, as matt said, somewhere between 500,000 and 700,000 people, that's according to...
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every time i look at the inaugural route, i can't help but go back to january 20th 1977 and jimmy carter breaking precedent and stepping out of the car and shaking hands with the american people. >> he walked the whole route. >> his four years started out well and ended batly. you have gone back and taken a look at how presidents fared. especially like this one have been reelected. if you look back at truman administration, the first four presidents had bad second terms. they ended the four years at a low opinion and the number where they began their four years and truman down 37% and eisenhower down 14% and johnson down 22 and nixon down 27. of the seven presidents only two who actually improved their public opinion from beginning to end and surprisingly they are reagan and clinton. if you look again at the second group of numbers, you see reagan went up 1% from 62 to 63%. clinton went up four and bush was down 17. obama starts at 49 to 50 or 52%, whatever poll you look at. he starts at the lowest approval rating of any of these presidents including president obama. >> i look at bill cl
every time i look at the inaugural route, i can't help but go back to january 20th 1977 and jimmy carter breaking precedent and stepping out of the car and shaking hands with the american people. >> he walked the whole route. >> his four years started out well and ended batly. you have gone back and taken a look at how presidents fared. especially like this one have been reelected. if you look back at truman administration, the first four presidents had bad second terms. they ended...